Impact, K-Fed, Punk, Divas, UWF Jan 04 - 11:38 pm EST

Daily Rapp Up by Bryan Rapp

Quick Impact Results: Rhino over Robert Roode, and Homicide over Brother Runt.

RAW scored a 3.9 rating, up slightly from their recent averages. WWE claims 2.5 million new viewers sampled RAW on Monday night to see K-Fed vs. John Cena. CNN's Showbiz Tonight accused WWE of "jumping the shark" with K-Fed's victory over John Cena. WWE.com has an article on the Miami Heat attending Monday's RAW.

WWE announced the kickoff of the 2007 Fan Axxess National Tour on January 13 in Miami, FL. WWE.com opened their Royal Rumble 2007 site. Canada's WWE Experience is moving to Sunday nights at 7pm.

WWE.com spoke to several wrestlers about the Smackdown sprint tomorrow. WWE.com posted a list of upcoming Smackdown preemptions. See No Evil's brought in over $13.5 million in DVD rental gross. PWInsider has a list of DVD extras for John Cena's The Marine.

The Peoria Journal Star has a Q&A with CM Punk to promote Tuesday's Smackdown and ECW show. WWE.com has an article on JBL's battle against global warming. Tazz was a guest on the Max Kellerman radio show discussing the New York Jets. John Cena will appear at the Shreveport, LA World of Wheels show on Saturday.

Torrie Wilson will appear at the Syracuse Crunch game on January 19. A pre-WWE Candice Michelle feature is available in Cinemax's On Demand Late Night section. CBS will run two episodes of Armed and Dangerous with Trish Stratus next Wednesday and Thursday, with future episodes on following Wednesdays.

WWE signed Nattie Neidhart, daughter of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart and granddaughter of Stu Hart, to a developmental deal. CBS Sportsline has an article on James Laurinaitis and his father Animal and why James probably won't follow his father into wrestling. The St. Petersburg Times has an article on Windham Rotunda, son of Mike Rotunda, and his scholarship to Troy University in Alabama.

TNA and UWF's split involving TNA branding is reportedly due to fallout from the Connecticut house show incident as well as TNA's plans to run their own shows. UWF issued a press release on their February 3 show in Wilmington, NC with Scott Steiner, Steve Corino and several other names. TNA posted the latest Hemme Powered by Christy Hemme discussing purpose and inspiration.

Canadian wrestler Sarah Stock won a CMLL body building contest in Mexico. National Wrestling Superstars will hold a show to benefit Brick, NJ Cub Scouts and Webelos on January 27. The Morning Call has an article on gym owner and wrestling hopeful Mike Miller as he attempts to make it to WWE. Les Thatcher's latest Wrestler's Eye View looks at JJ Dillon vs. Eric Bischoff.

That's it for today. Thanks for reading.

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